Human Herpesvirus-8 Infection in Pregnancy and Labor: Lack of Evidence of Vertical Transmission

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 462-466

  Sarmati, Loredana ^a   Carlo, Ticconi ^a   Rossella, Santangelo ^a   Montano, Marco ^a   Adalgisa, Pietropolli ^a   Rezza, Giovanni ^b   Andreoni, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

HHV 8 infection; Pregnancy; Vertical transmission

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AMNION FLUID; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BLOOD; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 8, HUMAN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

HERPESVIRIDAE; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; TOR;

EID: 1642539178     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmv.20012     Document Type: Article

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